The Next Best Thing
by Ray Wilson
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Ray Wilson bestography
The Next Best Thing is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Ray Wilson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ray Wilson is Live which is ranked number 20029 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 52.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Next Best Thing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Next Best Thing rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 83 Music Albums of 2004 | 2/83 | 5 |
| 2021 | jeremy9 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 33/100 | 34 |
| 2019 | jeremy9 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | 25/50 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 50 | |||
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The Next Best Thing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/06/2021 08:16 | Pluto11 | 11,732 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2021 14:31 |  zwiebel | 4,157 | 57/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2021 19:37 | kokkinos | 1,501 | 68/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2019 13:56 | jeremy9 | 3,589 | 70/100 |
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It feels too safe/conventional/formulaic, not to mention the Bono-inspired vocals, so it's really surpirising it somehow works better than you might expect.
jeremy9 11/23/2019 13:56 | #245109
Very heavy voice and beauty melodies
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